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Virtual Field Trip Journey Through Our Solar System
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Out of This World! We will leaving the bonds of our planet Earth to explore the Solar System We begin by getting in our space ship, first stop… The MOON! LETS GO!
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Here is our Space Ship
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We’ll Take the Next One
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Lift Off
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Up, up and Away!
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To Outer Space!
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The Moon Click here for Moon Stats
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Moon Statistics 3476 Km diameter 1/4 the size of Earth 1/6 the gravity Distance to the moon 384,403 Km About 4.6 billion years old Moonquakes - about 3000 a year 100 °C to -175 °C
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Something Strange Have you ever noticed that the moon never appears to rotate? We always see the same side of it. Have you ever wondered why that is? Click here to find out
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Mysterious Moon Moon’s rotation = revolution Goes through all phases in about 29 days Revolution = 29 days Rotation = 27 days Day = 14 Earth days Night = 14 Earth days Click here to see the phases of the moon
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click here to learn more about the phases of the moon When you are done there Click the red X to come back click here to see what phase the moon is in now Next slide
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Tides Tides are caused by the moon’s gravitational pull Earth spins = 2 high tides, 2 low tides, one every 6 hours High tide is on the side of Earth facing moon, and the side directly opposite
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On With the Journey Next we will sling-shot around the sun and travel past each of the 9 planets
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The Sun Click here for Sun Stats
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On to the Planets
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Planet Axis Rotation
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Mercury Click to see Mercury’s stats
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Venus Click here for Venus Stats
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We are coming up on the Earth Click here for Earth Stats
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Light from Earth
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Mars Click here for Mars Stats
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Click the box to play some interactive Mars games
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Jupiter Click here for Jupiter stats
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
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Saturn Click here For Saturn Stats
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Uranus Click here to see Uranus stats
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Neptune Click to get Neptune stats
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Pluto Click for Pluto stats
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Pluto and it’s moon Charon
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Touchdown
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